Transfers: the pandemic has reinforced the dominance of Premier League clubs among the Top 5 (CIES)

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Manchester City FC, the biggest spending club in the European Top 5 (between 2012 and 2021) - ©  Manchester City FC

"The percentage of transfer spending of Premier League clubs in comparison to the total big-5 league clubs' expenditure has increased from 36% between January 2012 and January 2020 to over 45% for the three post-Covid transfer windows," according to the CIES Football Observatory's Monthly Report 67, which presents a review of the transfer...

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Manchester City FC, the biggest spending club in the European Top 5 (between 2012 and 2021) - ©  Manchester City FC

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